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[House  Bill.] 

HOU^E'yF  ilEPRESENTATIVES,  Dec.  10,  1863.—Read  tirst 
and  second  times,  and  referred  to  Cotrimitte  on  the  Judiciary.  Jan. 
18. — Reported  back,  placed  on  the  Calendar  and  ordered  to  be  printed. 

[By  Mr.  Baldwin.] 


A.  BILL 

To  be  entitled   ''  An    Act  to  provide  payment  for  slaves  impressed 

under  State  laws,  and  lost  in  the  public  service." 

I  Jt'k.c.    L    The  Congress  of  the  Covfederate  States  of  Americu  do 

i  enact,  That  in  all  cases,  where  slaves  have  been,  or  may  hereaf- 

.)  ter,  be  impressed  under  any  State  law  for  the  use  of  the  Con- 

4  federate  States,  payment  shall  be  made  for  those  lost  or  destroyed 

5  without  the   default  of  the  owner,  in  all  respects,  according  to 

6  the  provisions  of  the  eighth  section  of  the  ''act  to  regulate  im- 

7  pressments,"  approved  March  26,  1863. 


AMENDMENT  PROPOSED  BY  COMMITTEE. 

Sec.  2.  Neither  this  act  nor  the  aforesaid  act  shall  be  construed  to 
authorize  payments  for  slaves  dying  from  natural  causes,  without  any 
fault  of  the  Government,  or  anv  of  its  otTicers  or  agents. 


